Yes Rob. Scanning photographs will reduce its life. Better to photograph the photograph, and preserve it in a master uncompressed digital format (TIFF) and as a second printed analogic source. Unless you manage to have cold light scanners, which flatbeds are not.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler <mwhee...@pmm-maine.org> wrote: > Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and > white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed > scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be > rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light > exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners > cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be > considerable? Thanks in advance. > ______________________ > > Matt Wheeler, > Photography Archives, > Penobscot Marine Museum > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 > Searsport, Maine 04974 > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > >
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